Challenges

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Book Blogger Hop

So I wanted to post this hop yesterday but Blogger was giving me issues and I could not for the life of me get anything typed and posted :( So here it is today!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question:
Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why?

My answer:
I do not use a rating system. I find it really hard to categorize how much I liked a book by numbers. Instead, I prefer to lay my opinion out. I like to state exactly what I liked about a book and exactly what I didn't like about a book. That way, no one is swayed by a book right away by seeing a number rating. Plus, everyone has different opinions about different books, so I think it's good that readers can see exactly what I liked/didn't like because what I didn't like, they might like, and vice versa. I just think it's easier for both me and the person reading my review. I do add my recommendation at the end if I really loved the book though, and sometimes I try to tell readers what kind of people might like the book more than me, etc.

However, I do also love reading blogs that do use rating systems. If I'm in a hurry but see that a blogger has reviewed a book I'm interested in, I will often just scroll down to their rating to see how they liked it.

What are your thoughts on ratings??

I can't wait to hop on over to other blogs to catch up on both blogs that I'm alreading loving and following from the hop, and to find new blogs :) I'll be doing that later today and tomorrow though because right now I'm on my way out for Buffalo's Elmwood Art Festival!

8 comments:

Hopping by to visit and follow! Loved your post on school reading lists.

On review grades, I think it's fine for book bloggers to just enjoy books and talk about them, but I assign letter grades so that I can be a help to friends and other bloggers who are trying to figure out which books are worth buying--it's just a way to classify the things that I think are really high-quality. :-)

Thank you for hopping by my blog. I see you are currently reading "The Time Traveler's Wife" - how are you enjoying it? I listened to it on audio which was a good thing. Don't think I would have been able to read right through it.

Hi Chrizette :) I'm really liking The Time Traveler's Wife! The only problem is that I've seemed to have misplaced it..and haven't been able to read it for about a week because of it! I need to do some house cleaning today in hopes of finding it!

I don't have a rating system either, I see your reading the time travelers wife, while I had some tiffs with it, the emotional rating was all the way. how are you liking it so far? Lovely blog and am now a follower, just hopping on through

Kika-thanks for stopping by :) To answer your question-there are a few things about Time Travleler's Wife that I don't like, but for the most part I really like it so far. I've currently lost the book though and want to find it so I can finish the book!

I'm not a fan of the rating system either. Or I suppose I should clarify and say only having a rating system. I see the benefit to having one if someone wants a quick view, though I wouldn't add it to my site. I much prefer to read and discuss a book instead of giving it some value. I'm never sure if your 5 star book will be a 5 star in my world unless I know why you loved it so much.